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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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He went on to earn a master's degree in computer science in 2008, also from Loyola. Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. "I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. The surveillance industry, in France and elsewhere, stands to gain a lot from the exposure.

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